![Okinawa mural.](/images/one-hundred-airports/oka/mural.jpg)
An Okinawa mural at Naha Airport
Naha Airport is the primary airport serving the entire island of Okinawa. It’s also a pretty good distance from “mainland” Japan—about a two and a half hour flight from Tokyo.
My trip to Okinawa took me through Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) and Tokyo Haneda (HND), with long layovers at both. By the time I finally landed at OKA, it was already 22:30 local and I’d been traveling for 30 hours, so I didn’t have much opportunity or energy to look around. My return departure from OKA wasn’t until 13:55 local, though, so I got to the airport a few hours early to explore.
![Arrivals loop outside of the OKA terminal.](/images/one-hundred-airports/oka/arrivals-loop.jpg)
Arrivals loop
![Ticketing lobby atrium.](/images/one-hundred-airports/oka/ticketing-lobby.jpg)
Ticketing lobby
![Rooftop observation deck.](/images/one-hundred-airports/oka/observation-deck.jpg)
A rooftop observation area. Every Japanese airport I’ve been to has had one.
![Two-story atrium heavily decorated with Pokémon.](/images/one-hundred-airports/oka/pokemon-atrium.jpg)
I’m not sure if some event was going on or if the airport was just really into Pokémon. One of my hotels also had some Okinawa Pokémon decorations.
![Domestic gate area.](/images/one-hundred-airports/oka/domestic-gates.jpg)
Domestic gates. The rounded end of this concourse particularly reminded me of the eastern two satellite concourses at Orlando (MCO).